Who are the Spaniards competing in LIV Golf's qualifying tournament? All you need to know

A couple of Spanish professionals are set to compete at the LIV Golf Promotions event next month.

The qualifying event for the Saudi-backed circuit is set to take place from December 8 to 10 at Abu Dhabi Golf Club. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Alvaro Quiros, who have both won several times on the DP World Tour, have registered themselves for the event.

Fernandez-Castano, who is a seven-time winner on the European Tour, confirmed during the Golf Sin Etiquetas podcast that he will tee off at the LIV Golf Promotions. The 43-year-old Spaniard's last win came at the 2013 BMW Masters. This year, he made four starts on the DP World Tour and missed two cuts. The T20 finish at the Qatar Masters was his best result this season.

Quiros revealed in his blog in Ten Golf about his decision to compete in the Abu Dhabi event next month. He hasn't won on the European Tour since claiming the 2017 Rocco Forte Open. This year I played three times on DPWT but mostly competed on the Challenge Tour, missing 15 of the last 17 cuts. Both golfers are currently not members of either the European Tour or the Challenge Tour.

The entries for the LIV Golf Promotions officially closed last week. As per Monday Q Info, a major champion, a multi-time PGA Tour winner, a top-100 player in the OWGR, and a former prominent amateur player have entered the promotions. Sports Illustrated reported that around 10 PGA Tour members were set to compete at the event.

While the LIV Golf Promotions will just be classified as a qualifying tournament and not an unauthorized event, it is still not clear what approach the PGA Tour will take toward players playing in the event.

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Who is the highest earner on LIV Golf so far? List explored

Below is the list of the highest-earning players in LIV Golf:

1. Talor Gooch: $47,961,744
2. Dustin Johnson: $47,544,011
3. Cameron Smith: $30,731,916
4. Branden Grace: $27,286,744
5. Brooks Koepka: $26,260,600
6. Patrick Reed: $23,205,297
7. Peter Uihlein: $22,350,843
8. Bryson DeChambeau: $20,645,677
9. Anirban Lahiri: $16,324,625
10. Pat Perez: $15,238,025
11. Charles Howell III: $15,118,665
12. Sergio Garcia: $15,092,666
13. Carlos Ortiz: $14,000,408
14. Harold Varner III: $13,460,666
15. Charl Schwartzel: $12,762,666
16. Louis Oosthuizen: $12,676,797
17. Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra: $12,670,928
18. Joaquin Niemann: $12,316,952
19. Mito Pereira: $12,052,583
20. Abraham Ancer: $11,253,892
21. Paul Casey: $11,070,117
22. Sebastian Munoz: $10,880,017
23. Marc Leishman: $10,607,150
24. Henrik Stenson: $9,900,000
25. Richard Bland: $9,149,094
26. Matthew Wolff: $9,064,499
27. Jason Kokrak: $8,400,166
28. David Puig: $7,926,833
29. Dean Burmester: $7,704,177
30. Matt Jones: $7,565,533
31. Chase Koepka: $6,753,428
32. Cameron Tringale: $6,724,848
33. Scott Vincent: $6,264,366
34. Lee Westwood: $6,210,664
35. Danny Lee: $6,152,750
36. Ian Poulter: $6,036,416
37. Brendan Steele: $5,913,797
38. Thomas Pieters: $5,903,999
39. Kevin Na: $5,788,797
40. Bubba Watson: $5,639,458
41. Graeme McDowell: $5,172,559
42. Laurie Canter: $5,160,164
43. Sam Horsfield: $5,132,958
44. Phil Mickelson: $4,965,600
45. Bernd Wiesberger: $4,685,844
46. Jediah Morgan: $4,653,250
47. Hennis Du Plessis: $4,530,000
48. Sihwan Kim: $4,279,375
49. James Piot: $4,163,500
50. Martin Kaymer: $3,778,133
51. Wade Ormsby: $3,110,333
52. Phachara Khongwatmai: $1,858,333
53. Turk Pettit: $1,691,000
54. Justin Harding: $1,319,167
55. Sadom Kaewkanjana: $1,312,286
56. Adrian Otaegui: $1,294,500
57. Hudson Swafford: $1,241,000
58. Jinichiro Kozuma: $1,205,000
59. Shaun Norris: $1,006,000
60. Shergo Al Kurdi: $1,044,000
61. Andy Ogletree: $865,333
62. Travis Smyth: $846,000
63. Hideto Tanihara: $752,600
64. Oliver Bekker: $737,500